World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192009-11-18https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3188The objective of the first Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) for Niger is to increase understanding of the link between public spending and service delivery at the facility level in order to contribute to improving the effectiveness and accountability in the use of public funds. Specifically, this PETS focuses on identifying the discrepancies, inefficiencies and delays in public spending execution for selected expenditures in the education and health sectors. The medium to long term goal of these PETS is to launch a process aimed at continuous improvements in public expenditure efficiency and equity by focusing on capacity building in this area in the ministries of education and health and in the Institute of National Statistics (INS). The main challenge faced by a tracking survey in a country like Niger is the availability and accuracy of records keeping. The Niger PETS highlights a general lack of systematic information recording. The quality of records in the education sector is low and data often incomplete. This is especially a problem when a higher level agency distributes resources to lower level agencies. The absence of downstream records indicates a lack of systems for downward accountability and can facilitate the diversion of resources. This compares unfavorably with a country such as Ghana, where the quality of record is good between the central agency and district offices.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC YEARACADEMIC YEARSACCESS TO BOOKSACCESS TO LEARNINGACCESS TO TEXTBOOKSACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTINGADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTUREADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMSANNUAL RATEAVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKSAVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTSBACKGROUND PAPERSBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION PROJECTBASIC SERVICESBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESBUDGET ALLOCATIONBUDGET ALLOCATIONSBUDGET IMPLEMENTATIONBULLETIN BOARDSCAPACITY BUILDINGCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCLINICSCOMPLETION RATECOMPLETION RATESCOST EFFECTIVENESSCOST RECOVERYDATA COLLECTIONDELIVERY OF SERVICESDIAGNOSTIC ANALYSISDISTRICT EDUCATIONECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION BUDGETEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION OFFICESEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENTEFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC SPENDINGEFFICIENCY GAINSEFFICIENCY OF EDUCATION SYSTEMSENROLLMENT RATEENROLLMENT RATESEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITURE BUDGETEXPENDITURE TRACKING SURVEYSEXPENDITURESFINANCIAL FLOWSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SYSTEMFINANCIAL TRANSACTIONSGOVERNMENT BUDGETGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGOVERNMENT SPENDINGGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RATEHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE PROVIDERHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH EXPENDITUREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH MINISTRYHEALTH OUTCOMEHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SPENDINGHOSPITALSHUMAN RESOURCESIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNODEFICIENCYINFORMATION FLOWSINTENDED BENEFICIARIESLEARNINGLEARNING MATERIALLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING OUTCOMESMEASLESMEDICINESMINISTRIES OF EDUCATIONMINISTRIES OF FINANCEMINISTRY OF ECONOMYMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF FINANCEMORTALITYNATIONAL BUDGETNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL STATISTICSNERNUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMBER OF TEXTBOOKSPATIENTPATIENTSPERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION OBJECTIVESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPREGNANT WOMENPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATION SPENDINGPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATEPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDRENPRIMARY SCHOOLSPROGRAMSPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC AGENCIESPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE EFFICIENCYPUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTPUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSPUBLIC EXPENDITURE POLICYPUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKINGPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC FUNDSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC RESOURCE ALLOCATIONSPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERYPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF SERVICESRADIOREFORM PROGRAMREGIONAL EDUCATIONREGIONAL EDUCATION OFFICERESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESOURCE DISTRIBUTIONRESOURCE FLOWSRESOURCE MANAGEMENTSCHOOL CALENDARSSCHOOL DIRECTORSSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL HEADMASTERSSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEESCHOOL SUPPLYSCHOOL YEARSCHOOL YEARSSECTOR MINISTRYSECTOR POLICIESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSOCIAL INDICATORSSOCIAL SERVICESTEACHERTEXT BOOKSTEXTBOOKTEXTBOOK PROCUREMENTTEXTBOOKSTRANSPARENCYVACCINATIONWASTEWorld Bank10.1596/3188